MARC has affirmed its ratings of A+IS and A-IS on DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-HICOM) Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM1.8 billion and Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah Programme (Perpetual Sukuk) of up to RM2.0 billion. The two-notch rating differential between the Perpetual Sukuk and the IMTN is in line with MARC’s not...

MARC has withdrawn its ratings of AAA(bg) and AAA(fg) on Premier Merchandise Sdn Bhd’s RM300.0 million bank-guaranteed Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme and RM300.0 million Danajamin-guaranteed MTN Programme. The outstanding amount of RM100.0 million under the Danajamin-guaranteed Programme and RM75.0 million under the bank-guaranteed MTN Programme were fully redeemed on July 11, 2018 and ...

MARC has affirmed its short-term rating of MARC-2IS on investment holding company Bina Darulaman Berhad’s (BDB) RM100.0 million Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) Programme. The outlook for the rating is stable. The outstanding notes under the programme stood at RM50.0 million as at end-March 2018. The rating affirmation primarily reflects BDB’s strong liquidity position and moderate debt l...

MARC has affirmed its ratings of MARC-1IS /AA-IS on UEM Edgenta Berhad’s Islamic Commercial Papers (ICP) and Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) under its Sukuk Murabahah programme of up to RM1.0 billion. The outlook on the ratings is stable. UEM Edgenta is majority-owned by UEM Group Berhad, a government-linked entity with significant business interests in key economic sectors. The affi...

MARC has affirmed its AAAIS rating on MISC Berhad's (MISC) RM2.5 billion Islamic Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) programme. The outlook on the rating is stable. Currently, there is no outstanding amount under the IMTN programme. The affirmed rating incorporates rating uplift from MISC’s standalone rating based on MARC’s assessment of MISC’s significant operational and financial integration wi...

MARC has maintained its AA-IS rating on MMC Corporation Berhad’s (MMC) Sukuk Murabahah (Sukuk Murabahah) Programme following an upsize of the programme limit to RM2.5 billion from the original RM1.5 billion. The outlook on the rating is stable. MARC views that as the proceeds from the additional RM1.0 billion Sukuk Murabahah will be wholly utilised to redeem an existing term loan facility...

MARC has affirmed its AAA(bg) and AAA(fg) ratings on Premier Merchandise Sdn Bhd’s (Premier Merchandise) RM300 million 7-year Medium-Term Notes (MTN) Programme (Tranche 1) and RM300 million 9-year MTN Programme (Tranche 2) respectively with a stable outlook. Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 are guaranteed by Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) and Danajamin Nasional Berhad (Danajamin) respectively. The rat...

MARC has affirmed its rating of AA-IS on MMC Corporation Berhad’s (MMC) RM1.5 billion Sukuk Murabahah Programme (Sukuk Murabahah) with a stable outlook. The rating affirmation reflects MMC’s strong competitive position in port operations, engineering and construction, as well as power generation. The affirmed rating is also supported by long-term concessions for its ports and power oper...

MARC has affirmed its ratings on Alpha Circle Sdn Bhd’s (Alpha Circle) Senior Sukuk Musharakah (Senior Sukuk) and Junior Sukuk Musharakah (Junior Sukuk) at AA-IS and AIS respectively. The two-notch rating differential reflects the subordination of the Junior Sukuk to the Senior Sukuk in terms of payment and security. The ratings outlook has been revised to negative from stable. The outstanding u...

MARC has withdrawn its AAA(fg) rating/stable outlook on KMCOB Capital Berhad’s (KMCOB) guaranteed serial bonds of up to RM320.0 million. The rating withdrawal is at the request of the issuer after obtaining its bondholders’ consent for a change in rating agency. MARC notes that KMCOB has proceeded to implement maturity extensions on the outstanding RM105.0 million under the rated bonds. ...